1. Wisconsin governor wants to pass a bill - that among other things drastically cuts state workers benefits and strips unions of collective bargaining rights etc.
2. Bill contains exemption for police union and a couple of other unions that endorsed the Republicans in last year's elections (all other unions endorsed the Democrats)
3. Democrats block the bill by walking out of the senate - denying the senate a quorum
4. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says law enforcement officers were searching for Democrats after they were ordered to attend the Senate session.
5. Democrat state senators in hiding to stop the police from rounding them up.
6. The state patrol chief was appointed by the Republican governor. Coincidentally (or not) he happens to be the father of the (Republican) state majority leader.
1. Wisconsin governor wants to pass a bill - that among other things drastically cuts state workers benefits and strips unions of collective bargaining rights etc.
2. Bill contains exemption for police union and a couple of other unions that endorsed the Republicans in last year's elections (all other unions endorsed the Democrats)
3. Democrats block the bill by walking out of the senate - denying the senate a quorum
4. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says law enforcement officers were searching for Democrats after they were ordered to attend the Senate session.
5. Democrat state senators in hiding to stop the police from rounding them up.
6. The state patrol chief was appointed by the Republican governor. Coincidentally (or not) he happens to be the father of the (Republican) state majority leader.